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  The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 1969

  ★★★★★ Watched 01 Mar 2025

  I remember reading the original novel and being ashamed of falling for Miss Jean Brodie's world. When her Fascist sympathys were revealed I felt deeply wrong because looking back it made so much sense.

  The lessons of this story about human behaviour have been fundamental in how I view the world.

  I've had the following phrase swirling in my head for a while. I've never known where it came from, it seemed to be the antithesis of my artistic life and philosophy but I now realise it was learned from Muriel Spark.

  Beauty will destroy the world.

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  To Live and Die in L.A. 1985

  Watched 16 Feb 2025

  The sky has coagulated round the wound that is LA, and there's another American flag.

  This film is an evil pop song. Nothing comes of the chase.

  I don't know though as it's still a pop song. My senses are still alight and I want more! Should I really want that?

  The trigger is slick, pressed, a dull click

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  Flight Risk 2025

  Watched 31 Jan 2025

  The moose was modelled on Unity Engine.

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  Your Cheatin' Heart 1990

  ★★★★★ Watched 16 Sep 2024

  This thing has so many problems but I don't care! I don't think I ever understood what was going on for all 6 episodes, but the world, which I have never known, yet feels so familiar, is so engrossing. Somehow seeing Glasgow being filtered through this bizarre country asethetic makes it seem even more recognisable.

  I didn't think seeing the city and then Aberdeen in the last episode like this on screen would affect me so much. The humour and…

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